The Starlight Express is a children`s play by Violet Pearn based on the imaginative novel A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood with songs and incidental music written by the English composer Sir Edward Elgar in 1915

Act I
1. To the Children. `O children open your arms to me` Organ Grinder - Baritone
Act II
2. The Blue-Eyes Fairy. `There`s a fairy that hides` Organ Grinder - Baritone
3. Sc.1 Curfew Song. `The sun has gone` Organ Grinder - Baritone
4. Sc.1 The Laugher`s Song. `I`m ev`rywhere` Laugher - Soprano
5. Sc.1 Come Little Winds. `Wake up you little night winds` Organ Grinder - Baritone
6. Sc.3 Tears and Laughter. `Oh! stars shine brightly!` Laugher - Soprano
7. Sc.3 Sunrise Song or Dawn Song. `We shall meet the morning spiders` Jane Anne - Soprano
Act III
8. My Old Tunes. `My old tunes are rather broken` Organ Grinder - Baritone
9. Sc.1 `Dandelions daffodils` Jane Anne - Soprano
a. Blue-Eyes Fairy
b. Dance of the Pleides
10. Sc.2 `Laugh a little ev`ry day` Laugher - Soprano
11. The Dawn. `They`re all soft-shiny now` Organ Grinder - Baritone
12. `Oh think Beauty` Jane Anne - Soprano
13. Finale duet Hearts must be soft-shiny dressed.
`Dustman Laugher Tramp and busy Sweep` Jane Anne - soprano Cousin Henry - baritone
Composition Year 1915
Genre Categories Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For 2 voices orchestra; [9 more...]